Archive for 'Knowledge'
Controlling access to your domain
Posted on 07. Jun, 2009 by Nikhil Sheth.
You come across situation where you want to restrict access to your domain or some folder in your domain. You may want to give access to select few IP’s only. For example, you are developing a site for your client and the site is still under construction. You would not like to open up your under [...]
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Adding features to My IM bot
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by Nikhil Sheth.
I had developed my IM bot some time back. Recently, have added few features in it. Here is the list of features: suggest:yourword-To get related words.[example: type suggest:website] trends:number-To get google hot trends for India geo.[example: type trends:50] php:function name-To get short description.[example: type php:explode] twitter:query-To search on twitter.[example: type twitter:google] help me- To get help To use this [...]
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Find a Future Date from the Shell
Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by Nikhil Sheth.
Have you ever needed the exact date a certain number of days in the future? Using the date command is simple—just open a terminal window on your Mac, Linux, or Windows with Cygwin desktop, use the date command with the -d parameter, and pass in a number of date increments in the future in days, minutes, [...]
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How Google Adwords Auctions Work
Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Nikhil Sheth.
Google chief economist Hal Varian does the best job ever explaining the Google Adwords Auctions, AdRank, Quality Score and more. He explains how quality score is affected by: Clickthrough Rate Relevance High Quality Landing Page He explains Adrank (Adrank = Max Bid * Quality Score) and what people pay for ads. Share/Save
